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Mitsuhiro Kamiya is a partner of Freshfields Law Office and leads the Japanese corporate practice. His specializations include mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity and intellectual property, and he covers various sectors including IT, telecommunications, pharmaceuticals and retail business. His clients include large Japanese and international corporations.

January 28 2003

Tapping Japan's retail equity markets with and without listings

There are speed and cost benefits for some foreign companies in making public offerings without listings in Japan, but listed offerings have other advantages. Ken Takahashi and Thomas Dreves of Tokyo Aoyama Aoki Law Office - Baker & McKenzie (qualified joint enterprise office) explain the options to potential issuers looking to access retail investors in Japan

January 28 2003

Using private action for injunctive relief under the Antimonopoly Law

Japan's antitrust reforms are intended to crack down on violations of the Antimonopoly Law and give more adequate remedies to aggrieved parties. Companies must be careful not to expose themselves to the new risks of a private action filed by consumers and competitors as well as the risks of a possible injunctive order by the Japan Fair Trade Commission. By Shinya Watanabe and Hiroshi Kobayashi of Jones Day

January 28 2003

Why Japan's new corporate separation law is increasing restructurings

Eliminating many of the barriers to a Japanese company de-merging in an efficient way has created a flurry of corporate re-organizations. Dale Araki, Jason Cohen and Kosei Watanabe of O'Melveny & Myers/Watanabe Kokusai analyze how the new process works and why it should be used

January 28 2003

Why reforms to the Commercial Code will fuel economic growth

Foreign private equity investors should welcome reforms to stock and share regulation, stock options and corporate governance. Mitsuhiro Kamiya and Timothy Wilkins of Freshfields explain how the Japanese economy will benefit

January 28 2003

The emergence of Private Finance Initiative deals in Japan

The Japanese government has encouraged the use of private finance to develop public infrastructure through a series of reforms. But Masanori Sato of Mori Hamada & Matsumoto says there are still uncertainties regarding step-in rights and security packages to overcome

January 28 2003

The development of Japanese real estate investment trusts

Hidetaka Mihara, Naohiro Nishimura and Kenji Utsumi of Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu outline the regulations for Japanese real estate investment trusts and suggest what to look out for when structuring these investment vehicles

January 28 2003

Stock options: entering a new stage

Recent reforms are expected to give Japan similar flexibility as that available in Europe and the US when using stock options. Hirohito Akagami and Akito Takahashi of Anderson Mori discuss how far the new provisions facilitate new kinds of business relationships, innovative investment and takeover structures, more cost-effective financing and services, and employee and officer incentive plans

January 28 2003

In-house interviews: Meeting Japan's tough banking challenges

Financial institutions in Japan are tackling the regulatory and commercial challenges that all market players face. Apart from trying to win mandates in Tokyo’s increasingly competitive market, the foreign investment banks must also be careful not to fall foul of tough local regulators. IFLR spoke to general counsel at prominent banks in Tokyo about what should be done to revive the economy, how to overcome tough compliance challenges and whether Japan should set up an independent regulator.

January 28 2003

Editorial

Japan has responded to the need for economic reform by implementing far-reaching amendments to its Commercial Code in the past year. More will become effective in April 2003. These changes are expected to stimulate mergers and acquisitions, complex financings and corporate restructurings through more flexible and innovative deal structures.

January 28 2003

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